It's game day two of the Persian Gulf Pro League season and a lot to play for. Don't miss our complete preview of Zob Ahan-Sepahan!
This should be an engrossing game with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Zob Ahan form and stats
The previous season, Zob Ahan's league stats were 7 wins, 15 draws and 8 losses, resulting in 9th spot in the Persian Gulf Pro League. From these 30 matches they scored {25 goals} and gave away 24. Playing as the host team in the last season Zob Ahan produced 7-6-2 (win-draw-lost) with {20 goals} and 12 conceded.
A good away victory last time out for Zob Ahan, who won 2-1 against Malavan (placed 12th).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 3-3 versus Havadar.Sepahan form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sepahan performed last season in the Club Friendlies 2: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 8 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded {17 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 5 and lost 2 with 17/8 goals scored/conceded.
Sepahan won their last game, 3-1 versus Tractor Sazi played at home.
Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Paykan.Head 2 Head
Zob Ahan-Sepahan H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zob Ahan one win, Sepahan five wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Masoumi 1 goals |   S. Moghanlou 1 goals | R. Shekari Ghezel Ghaya 1 goals |
Zob Ahan missing players
Sepahan missing players
| Zob Ahan | Sepahan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zob Ahan | Last season | Sepahan | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 25 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 49 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 77% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 87% | ||
| 43% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 63% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 37% | ||
| 13% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 20% | ||
| 7% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | ||
| 37% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 43% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 53% | 50% | ||
| 43% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 3 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3.2 | 1.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 4 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 71% | 164% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 91% | ||
| 3.8 | 1.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gol Gohar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Zob Ahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Persepolis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Aluminium Arak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Paykan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Mes Rafsanjan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Havadar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Esteghlal Khuzestan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Malavan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Sanat Naft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Foolad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Caspian Qazvin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Persepolis | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 66 |
| 2 | Sepahan | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 49 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 32 | 65 |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 62 |
| 4 | Tractor Sazi | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 52 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 |
| 6 | Gol Gohar | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 45 |
| 7 | Aluminium Arak | 30 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Foolad | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Zob Ahan | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 36 |
| 10 | Havadar | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -10 | 33 |
| 11 | Paykan | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 28 |
| 12 | Malavan | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -19 | 27 |
| 13 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 28 | -18 | 26 |
| 14 | Sanat Naft | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 25 |
| 15 | Mes Kerman | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 22 |
| 16 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -37 | 20 |
